My Stevie babe turned 8 months old yesterday!! I cannot believe how fast time is going. I remember hearing other moms say it was sad when their babies got older but I didn't understand,  I was excited for my babies to get older and be able to do more stuff! But I totally get it now! It's so fun to see them get older and keep learning new things but it's so sad how fast time is going. I feel like these precious days with them are slipping through my fingers. I'm kind of excited to only be working 2-3 days a week so I can cherish these times as much as possible!

8 month old Stevie:

Steven has been crawling (not just army crawling) for a solid week & a half. He's quick! He gets anywhere he wants (time to start watching out for those stairs again) and eats anything he can find. I'm a little worried about things he may have already found and swallowed without me seeing! But he's happy that he can move around and play. Ty on the other hand, isn't loving it. "Stevie don't touch!.... No no!.... My toys!" I hear this daily but I'm hoping he gets used to it soon. Stevie still wants to eat everything we do and squeals like a little girl til I give him what he's asking for! He's eating a lot of Cheerios and baby foods these days and is finally warming up to a sippy cup. So far he will only drink water out of it but that gives me hope for when he's a year old and can have real milk. He is such a happy baby and loves everyone.  I've been training him to say mama and dada and he will say both words, I'm surprised  how much he can do right now. (Maybe because in my mind he is only 4 months old?)  he's only 16 pounds right now and seems really little to me! Ty was a lot chubbier. I've loved it both ways though.  He loves when I tickle his legs while he is falling asleep and he loves cuddling up close to me and being held. Ty still doesn't like cuddling and never cared to be held. He was always too busy playing and his binky was comfort enough! I can't get over how different they already are! I love them both so much.  I'm starting to worry, though, that their personalities will be so different that they won't ever get along. But Steven loves Ty so much so I think it'll be up to Ty to be a good older bro!  I'm so grateful for these sweet little spirits that have joined our family! They are so fun.

Almost 2.5 year old Ty:

(sorry, blurry)

Ty has been so funny lately with all the new things he is learning to say. I've been writing them down so I won't forget what it was like when he first started talking. He's so sweet and funny. Here are a few (a bunch of) things I've written down:

"You have owie? Sad... I kiss it better... Need a bandaid?" (melt my heart why don'tcha! He loves bandaids, he wants to put them on everyones owies and is constantly sneaking them and putting them on himself.)

"I wanna drive, mom." (give me 14 more years will ya?)

"I want the keys!"

"Why??  'Cause." (He was asking me "why?" all of the time and when I didn't have an answer I would just say "'cause." Then he started asking why and then answering himself  saying "'cause."

"I need to washes hands in the bathroom." (yes that's how he says it. He loves washing his hands!)

"Holy crap!" (I've really gotta watch what I say! Little parrot)

"Thank you so much." (I guess he listens to the good stuff too :) )

"See ya tomorrow."

"See you guys."

"No no, Stev-an." (I don't think he can say Steven without adding an a in there. It's cute)

"Sorry!" (He will do something without meaning to and will say "sorry!!" So sweet)

"Alright?" (He will add this on to any sentence where he is telling me what we or he is going to do. sassy pants.)

"I wanna monana." (for some reason he can't say banana)

"Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for this day; dear Heavenly Father, thankful for this day."
 (He has started wanting to say his own prayers but this is all he can remember on his own so he said it twice one night. It was really cute and made me laugh)

"I don't want to!"

"I want to get down you guys, alright?"  (From his high chair. I think it's funny he will call us "you guys")

"Hold on a sec." (funny at first, but then really sad when I noticed how often I said it to him! Working on that.)

Love you Ty buddy!